Month: October 2018

Client: Maxx Disposal Location: Bellaire 0.5 Jobs Retained Janice and Harold already had a lot on their plates between his school bus driving by day and nights at Short’s Brewery and her full-time cleaning job, but they were also pursuing their dream of owning their own trash removal business. With a significant customer base built…

Client: Backcountry Dog Salon Location: Cedar 1 Job Created Sometimes community development is about making the right connections. When we met Eli and Brittney and learned they wanted to start a dog grooming business, we put them in touch with another of our clients, Wiggle Butts & Waggin’ Tails. Through a Venture North loan for…

Client: Cultured Ferments Location: Traverse City 1 Job Created/2 Jobs Retained Cultured Ferments was featured in the Traverse City Ticker for moving shop from the Barlow Street locale into an expanded 5,000 square-foot facility near Wuerfel Park. We’ve been pleased to see this client’s growth. When Courtney was first getting started, her banker called Venture North to…

Client: True Blue + Associates Location: Traverse City 5 Jobs Retained Nathan Greenwood of True Blue + Associates says he spent years trying to find Traverse City somewhere else, but there was just no place like it. When he returned to the area with his wife and their 7-year old daughter, he wanted to bring…

The past few months have been filled with great progress for our region’s economic development! We were invited to Leelanau Cellars over the summer to be interviewed by WJR during their Pure Michigan tour (pictured), we toured Hagerty and TentCraft as host to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation and our staff are actively working a…